Leonardo DiCaprio Ranked

Welcome to "Ranked", a weekly series where I rank a franchise or filmography from worst to best and hand out assorted related superlatives. This week, I'm profiling the work of Leonardo DiCaprio-whose latest project "Killers of the Flower Moon" releases in theaters today. 

Leonardo DiCaprio's Filmography Ranked:

15.Titanic (D-)

14.The Revenant (D)

13.The Aviator (C-)

12.Body of Lies (C+)

11.Blood Diamond (B)

10.The Quick and the Dead (B)

9.Catch Me If You Can (B+)

8.Don't Look Up (B+)

7.Revolutionary Road (B+)

6.The Wolf of Wall Street (B+)

5.Shutter Island (A-)

4.Inception (A)

3.Once Upon a Time in Hollywood... (A)

2.Django Unchained (A+)

1.The Departed (A+)

Top Dog: The Departed (2006)

The first Martin Scorsese movie that I ever saw remains my favorite. With its massive, intricately-woven Boston cops vs. Irish mob storyline, some exceptional performances from its heavyweight-filled cast (DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen) and an explosive final act that features one of the most shockingly sudden major character deaths in movie history, The Departed is a just plain masterful, endlessly rewatchable crime drama.

Bottom Feeder: Titanic (1997)

A 3+ hour insufferable melodramatic romance saga loaded with awful characters that also marked the death of James Cameron's time as a filmmaker that made movies that weren't corny and dull? There will always be a special place in my personal cinematic hell for this fucking movie.

Most Underrated: The Quick and the Dead (1995)

Sam Raimi's post-Evil Dead, pre Spider-Man period wasn't his finest hour at the box office or critically, but it produced some really slept-on movies that unfortunately have become kind of lost to time. The Quick and the Dead marked the start of this run and it's probably my second favorite of the bunch behind A Simple Plan. This western about a female gunslinger (Sharon Stone) who rides into a small town run by a sadistic outlaw (Gene Hackman) with the intention of avenging her father's death is exactly what a Rami western should be: Stylish, cartoony and fun as hell. Honestly, what's not to like about a movie that features plenty of Old West quick draw shootout fireworks, active camerawork and everybody from Stone to Hackman to a revolving door of character actors including Keith David, Lance Henriksen and Pat Hingle chewing the fuck out of the scenery? That's a great formula for quality entertainment right there and I wish there were more movies like The Quick and the Dead in existence. 

Most Overrated: Titanic (1997)

The only thing I'll say here that I didn't say above is that I just learned that Titanic beat out Good Will Hunting for Best Picture in '97 and immediately recoiled in disgust. If the Oscars ever turned into a dictatorship that I somehow got put in charge of by the authoritarian governing body, the Best Picture trophies the Titanic team earned would be transported to the Affleck, Damon and Van Sant households so quickly that James Cameron and co. might get motion sickness and yack all over their living rooms.